Handle-bar for bicycles.



. J. R. LOGAN. HANDLE BAB FOR BIGYGLES. ArrLIoATIoN FILED 5mm, 190s.

ATTORNEYS Jil/wea' j?. L05 mz j UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMIES ROLLN' LOGAN OF FRESNO, CALIFORNIA.

HANDLE-BAR FOR BICYCLES.

. Specification .of Letters Patent.

Pateniedoct. 2e, 1909.

Application led January 8, 1908. .Serial No. 409,794.

To all whom lit may concern:

' Be it known that I, JAMES ROLLIN LOGAN,

a citizen of the United States, and a resident.

The invention consists in the novel con-A struction and combination of parts, as -is hereinafter described and defined inthe appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, in which t-he view is a longitudinal section of a portion of a handle-bar embodyinO my invention.

handle bar is internally screw threaded as eferring to the drawing A is a hollow i handle bar having a grip a which may be of any suitable construction. The endof the shown at 'a2 and is provided adjacent to said threaded portion with an internal flange or collar a3. A ho'llow plug B exteriorly threaded and having-a closed outer end, from which projects a radial flange b, screws into the vend of the handle bar and closes the same.

C represents a hose which is to be employed with a pump or inflating the tires. The hose C is provided at one end with a threaded nipple d' adapted to be screwed into a pump barrel and at its other end with the threaded nipple e jadapted to be screwed into a socket on the bicycle .wheel rim.

The nipple e, is a short tube threaded eX- ternally from one end for a portion of its length, and at the 'termination of this threa'd a radial flange or collar e2, is formed on the body of the nipple, said 'flange or -collar having a circular milled edge. Upon the remaining end of the nipple e, the corresponding end c of the hose C is mounted, the material of the elastic hose being expanded` while being placed thereover, so that the joint between the nipple and the hose end is air tight.

It will be seen that thehose C may be readily connected with a pump and a wheel when a tire is to be inflated, and as readily disconnected therefrom after the ltire has been infiated.

When the hose YC has been .removed from the wheel rim and barrel' of the ump, it may be quicklyl housed in the hand e bar A,

"by removingthe hollow plu Bi therefrom,

which .will permit the end o the hose havv ing the nipple 'c thereon, to bev inserted-'into the open end of the handle bar. When fully inserted, the radial fiange e2 of the nipple will be impinged upon the internal flange as of'v the handle bar which will revent the further inward movement o .the hose within the handle bar, whereupon the re-l placement of the plug B will close the end of the handle bar and secure the hose in place therein.

By stowing the hose on the bicycle, it is always at hand ready to be used whenever desired, and by utilizingthe handle bar' for the storage of the hose, a receptaclefor the purpose is provided, which is not in thel way and which is very cheap addingbut little to the cost of the handle bar.

I claim- A 1. A hollow handle bar adapted to form a storage `chamber for a hose of a bicycle Y' pump, having its end screw threaded and 'provided with an internal fiange adjacentA to said end, and a screw threaded closure for the end of the handle barand between which and the flange of the hzflndle bar, the flange of the nipple of the hose is held when the hose is in said handle barili 2. A hollow handle bar adapted to form a storage chamber for a hose of a bicycle pump, having its end internally screwthreaded vand provided -with an internal flange adjacent to its end, said fiange serving Y as a stop against which the flange ofthe nipple of the hose is adapted to abut, and a 1 flanged and exteriorly threaded plug for 'closing the end of the handle bar, said plug screwing into the handle bar with its end.

spaced a short distance lfrom thev flange thereof. I A

In testimony .whereof I have signed myv presence ofnameto this specification in the Atwo subscribing witnesses.

JAMES ROLLI-N LOGAN. Witnesses:

R. NEBARSTOW, C. L. HATHAWAY.. 

